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Was not. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance. Nasal bones (Anat.), two bones of the skull, in front of the frontals. -- Nasal index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the transverse the base of the aperture to the nasion,…

The quality or state of being nasal.

The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.

To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

In a nasal manner; by the nose.

A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used.

State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.

ng, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ. Nascent passions and anxieties. Berkley.

A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla. [Written also nisberry.]

Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.

Having the shape of a nose.

The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.

A combining form denoting pertaining to, or connected with, the nose; as, nasofrontal.

Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccal groove in the skate.

of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; as, the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth.

Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct.

Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.

Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus.